Jón Ívar Einarsson, Director of the Division of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery (MIGS) at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School.

The MIGS Division is a referral practice for challenging surgical cases that otherwise may not be considered candidates for minimally invasive surgery. Dr. Einarsson has lectured and operated extensively nationally and internationally. He was published over 100 articles and book chapters and is the editor of a textbook entitled Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery: Evidence-Based Laparoscopic, Hysteroscopic and Robotic Surgeries. He is also a surgical innovator and a holder of 10 patents for medical devices. Dr. Einarsson is the immediate past President of the AAGL. 

Päivi Härkki, MD, PhD, Associate Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Helsinki University Hospital, Finland

She is working on benign gynecological surgery and she has been accreditated with advanced laparoscopic and hysteroscopic surgery by AAGL. Her main interest nowadays is medical and surgical treatment of endometriosis. Her scientific work is focused in addition on hysterectomies, fibroids, laparoscopic surgery and training.

She is a Past President of the Finnish Society for Gynecological Surgery which organizes annual congresses for Finnish doctors and nurses.  She is also a President of the Nordic Society on Gynecological Endoscopy.

Abstract of the presentation

Special interest in benign gynecology, urogynecology.
Research on endometriosis.